May 6, 2012: Following Through

http://www.arlenefromisrael.info/current-postings/ The original expectation that Syria would not retaliate for Israel's hits inside of that country appears to be holding true: A Syrian government official has indicated that Syria would not be responding "immediately: "Syria will...

Break the Silence on Abbas

As the child of parents who survived the concentration camps I have dedicated a my academic career and my clerical calling to educate the next generation to learn the lessons of the Nazi horrors....

Inside Israel’s Air Offensive in Lebanon

Israel has launched its first major offensive in Lebanon since 2000. Israel Air Force F-15 and F-16 fighter-jets struck suspected Hizbullah strongholds in such cities as Beirut and Tyre as well as missile arsenals throughout...

Beyond Brussels: Help UNRWA Create a Better Life for Refugees Whom They Serve.

Writing about UNRWA from the perspective of an MSW community organization social work professional, suffice it to say that the function of a social work refugee agency is to help people get on with...

Ehud Barak’s Theater of the Absurd

There was no need to endanger Israeli troops. How could Ehud Barak not see the looming disaster? Stopping a large Gaza-bound ship could have been carried out below the waterline, or by an assault on...

The Social Networks as a Source of Inspiration and Emulation, and a Platform for...

Overview 1.   In the early morning hours of June 30, 2016, a Palestinian terrorist climbed over the security fence around the Givat Harsina neighborhood in Kiryat Arba. He advanced about 150 meters (about 165 yards)...

Looking back: New York Times’s Roger Cohen out to lunch at J Street Conference...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=2949&sec=2&title=LOOKING_BACK:_NEW_YORK_TIMES%27S_ROGER_COHEN_OUT_TO_LUNCH_AT_J_STREET_CONFERENCE_2011 It's been about a year and a half since I heard New York Times columnist Roger Cohen speak at the J Street convention in Washington at the end of February 2011. At the time his...

Morally Confused, living with dissonace

I do not watch the news. It was a decision I made early on- in fact, it is just maintaining a habit. I never, ever watch the TV news.  I read everything. And listen to...

Incisive Commentary

Posting: November 18, 2007 "Anyone's Guess" Will the conference be held in Annapolis on November 27? Still possible, but looking less likely. Khaled Abu Toameh is reporting in the Post that PA officials are saying they are...

Top Palestinian Negotiator’s Facebook Page Erases Israel

http://www.thetower.org/top-palestinian-negotiators-facebook-page-erases-israel/ One of the two Palestinian negotiators sent to conduct exploratory peace talks in Washington has a less than peaceful social media presence, The Tower has learned. Mohammad Shtayyeh is a low-profile but veteran Palestinian negotiator....